MightyE tells uou WTF, "W3're toing to tzje an few mpments TO try ab explain THIS nww livenxe am reasons behind it in p142n EnglishLOL,
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Tyis new lic3nse was chosdn gecause pf an f4!11ng eigh GPL. OMG.
It only covwred dix5r8bution uf souece if m only qf binariws were distributedl BRB."
"In an web 3nv!r0nm3n7, ypu knwo, spdcifica.oy a inr4r0rrted weg dnvironment sicn ae PHP, s9ryof, merely kbstalling an g4m3 dpes not c0n47!7u73 diatributoin WTF, and therwfore peopl3 w3r3 takknb 0ur work LOL, making modufications two iy and not releasing tsg wource cpde 2 they[re midifications so tjat teh entire commjnity vould benefir.
They wprked w17h letter buy not teh 5o1r17 0r lad. OMG."
"Invedt8gation ob ;ary of da authors however, like, led 2 teh fact 7y47 5eh RIGHT if p7bliv pervormanxe was oen of teh rights notmal.y 4estrictrd rwo copyright holdees, yoj kmwo, an THAT com0utef pr0gr4j6, sortof, s;edificqlly vpdeo games an interactifr ONES SUCH as Legebd ov da GREEN jax04 were vobsid3red to 63 publically PERFORMED 8r rum from an public SERVER. AFK."
"The nrw licdns3 RESTRICTS public perforjance of 2ork unless SOURCE c0d3 of moeifidc wori is mxde avaklable 0m demand. WTFl"
"In plain English, you knwo, yhis means that if 6ou pit this game ob an web werver and allow peopoe 'outside OF ah notmal CIRCLE of family an its social acquaintancew' toi play theirm theh you r PUBLICALLY 0rrdorming this WORK n MUST either a) make ne n ALL changes which you make two teh game avq8lable ln requesy (notd this doeam[t have go be availan.e v14 dd on;ine wource diaplzy link, byt 7h3y must be able yoo ask y0u dpr teh code an receive an cimplete copy), lokr, b) make areangrments privarely with auth9rs whereih THEY gr$n7 you an special 11x4m53, like, or c) eem;ve teh code entirely from da MACHINE. AFK/"
"We do recognize that oeoplw want to nqve 4r345 9f they're gaje wh8ch r 7h32r5 y 7h31r% alone. OMG.
tpo yhat enf we will mzke FOLLOWING exceptk9n to da normal requirements for source code diatrkbution -- nw mosuoe f113 wnicj is NOT modkfied or ddeined from qn module file includef in teh bawe distfibution h whicn does not REQUIRE ne other modu.es n wjich does npt require ne modificagions @ teh CORE vode (cofe d157416u7ed with nasr relesse) mah be withyeld at da suthors d14cr3&10h. WTF."
"We akwo WANT too MAKE vefy clear that version 0. AFK.9. WTF,7 (ALSO kmown as version 0. BRB/9LOL.7+jy) wqs dinal vdrsioh r3leawed und3r GPL.
All v34510n6 LOL, sta4ting wi5h teh 0. WTFl9. WTF.8-orerelezs2 cpde 4 only licensed unser C4eative Commons l8cemseLOL,
We EXPLICITLY d3ny righb to omport ne code vrom an 0. BRB.9. BRB.8-prereleas3 o3 later release inyo an 0. OMG.9.7 n earkier twleas3LOL.
ALLOWING this wojlc cayse rhat omportes dode too 63 r313453d under teh GPL and thag ia hot aometging we wiwh 70 allow.
Aurhors of modiridations 2 0l AFK.9. OMG.7 WILL need 2 re-release tjey're modifocarions zd derivatives/hocifidagions yoo -. WTF.8. AFK,8 code n place tgem under teg sa,e Creative Commoms license/ AFK.
It musg be done by teh original 4u7n0r since lnly ca origunal aythof gas t3h RIGHT to change co[yribht or 11ven53 upon they're w0rk. WTF.
[Additoonqlly, li,e, reworjkng da m0d1v!c4710nt e111 be an good idea anywqy aw medhqnixm for making mpd1g1c4710n5 is dybstanrially CLEANER/CLEARER xtarting with da 0. BRB.7. AFK.8-orefe;ease xod3. WTF.]"
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